Barriers such as employers refusing to hire people with a criminal record and lack of transportation can make reentry an ...

The respite house opening in Wake County signals North Carolina’s evolving approach to mental health, with the state increasing investment in peer-run programs.

The VA Caregiver Support Program provides resources such as monthly stipends, respite care, support groups and training.

Hurricane Helene displaced an untold number of residents in a rural region where homelessness was already on the rise.

Between federal COVID relief funds and the $1.4 billion sign-on bonus North Carolina received for expanding Medicaid, state lawmakers were able to make significant investments in mental health ...

A 9-year-old girl with mental health issues spent at least four months this spring living in a Novant Health emergency room in Wilmington: sleeping, eating, doing school work. During that time, ...

Decades ago, North Carolina legislators sought to change the way mental health care is delivered. They closed psychiatric hospitals arguing that patients would be better treated in the community, in ...

Cone Health hasn’t focused as aggressively on growth, but that could change now that a nonprofit spinoffof Kaiser Permanente is taking over.

He’ll make America sick again,” said Lawrence Gostin, a professor of public health law at Georgetown University on RFK's vaccination stance.

The N.C. Child Fatality Task Force recently voted to support legislation to prevent child and youth access to intoxicating cannabis.

North Carolina’s men seem to be doing better than the state’s women in getting exercise and improving their life expectancies over time. And while all of North Carolina’s counties saw increases in ...

State auditor critiques late nursing home inspections. DHHS says audit unfair for including COVID era. Advocates skeptical of explanation.